The Adams City Eagles will venture away from home to take on the Thornton Trojans at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Adams City has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the match with three straight defeats, while Thornton will come in with nine straight victories.
Last Thursday, Adams City came up short against Gateway and fell 63-51.
Meanwhile, Thornton beat Skyview 57-47 on Thursday. Given the Trojans' advantage in MaxPreps' Colorado basketball rankings (they are ranked 119th, while the Wolverines are ranked 287th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Thornton's win was their seventh straight at home, which pushed their record up to 16-5. As for Adams City, their loss dropped their record down to 4-17.
Adams City was dealt a bruising 70-37 defeat at the hands of Thornton when the teams last played back in January. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Thornton's Clayton Jones, who shot 6-for-9 from downtown and almost dropped a double-double with 22 points and nine rebounds. Now that Adams City knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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